Abuse Of Power In Animal Farm By George Orwell

"All oppression creates a state of war" -Simone de Beauvar, French Philosopher. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. Each animal was a key character in the Revolution such as Napoleon being Joseph Stalin, Mr. Jones being Tsar Nicholas and Boxer, being an ignorant. Mr.Jones was run off the farm because the animals were tired of the drunken man mistreating them. What the animals didn't know was that they went from one dictator to a whole group of them. The pigs. Ignorance contributes to political and social oppression and is proved by the inability to comprehend what the pigs are doing to the other animals. The animals cannot read or write as well, are perplexed easily, couldn't see the blemishes in the pig's leadership, or how the pigs changed things and didn't see or completely ignored how the pigs had acted.

He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the meeting with this." (47-48). This illustrates that the sheep support Napoleon more than Snowball even though he was marvelous in his

Napoleon, who is one of the more intelligent pigs on the farm is force to take authority and eliminate opposition. Napoleon takes “nine sturdy puppies” (35) and becomes “responsible for their education” (35) while raising them up. The puppies soon become “fierce-looking wolves” (53) which he uses them to intimidate and petrify all the animals. Napoleon’s guard dogs “dash straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (53). Snowball “running faster than ever”

Often times in a communist society, a leader’s use of language can lead to abuse of power. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the farm leaders, the pigs, use unknown language, invoke scare tactics, and create specific laws, thereby enabling them to control other animals, to suit their greedy desires, and to perform actions outside their realm of power. Because of the pigs’ use of broad language, implementation of scare tactics, and creation and manipulation of laws, they are able to get away with avoiding laws and convincing other animals into believing untrue stories and lies that are beneficial to the pigs.

Napoleon and Snowball are on two opposite ends of the spectrum in comparison to character. Snowball is viewed as an intelligent and friendly character, while Napoleon is portrayed as brutal and corrupt. During the Battle of the Cowshed, Snowball “Dashed straight for Jones” and continues to fight as “the pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball’s back” (Orwell 41). In this event, Snowball demonstrates his bravery and strong leadership. During the Battle of the Windmill, Napoleon “Was directing operations from the rear” (103). This signifies his cowardliness and weak leadership. Snowball is a courageous, strong leader, while Napoleon is selfish and incompetent. The

People play an enormous component in our lives and the choices we make. In George Orwell's “ Animal Farm” there are several people that show leadership and guidance. The Leaders of Animal Farm start off with good intentions, but as the story goes on it becomes obvious the leaders have grown power-hungry and have become the 'superior' animals, showing that equality does not exist. This source of power has been used by leaders at the expense of their followers for their own personal gain, like Napoleon, whose first sign of corruption occurred early in the book when he seemed to be the main leader of them all.

Napoleon uses propaganda and lies he spreads with Squealer, that all his actions are put forward to the benefit of ‘all’ the animals. Squealer speaks,” Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” He creates fear within the animals of Mr.Jones coming back again, and tells them, “Napoleon is always right.” He sees Snowball as a threat to his power, he spreads his words “Comrades, do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!” He tries to make false information and lies to the common animals. The external conflict between Napoleon and Snowball over power are shown, due to Napoleon’s greeds. Although the common animals of the farm found Snowball more likeable, the nine loyal dogs of Napoleon frightened the animals and strengthened the power of Napoleon allowing him to become the leader after Rebellion. Napoleon is unsatisfied of any ideas rooted from Snowball, brings out his specially trained dogs to go after Snowball. Snowball who does not have a physical force of his own like Napoleon’s, is chased out of the farm allowing Napoleon to become the one and only leader of “Animal Farm”. I feel empathetic to Napoleon some of the time, but to this extent I wouldn’t agree or connect with Napoleon. He uses and exploits other animals for his benefit, and untruly spreads propaganda to keep in power.

“Remember that all things are lawful to me” (Tranquillus). These words by Gaius Caesar Germanicus, more commonly known as Caligula, epitomize the corruption caused by absolute power. Under his rule, the Roman treasury was emptied, people suffered from seemingly random acts of brutality, and Rome was ruled by an emperor who thought of himself as a god. Similarly, in the novel Animal Farm, the Manor Farm is taken over by its four-legged inhabitants. Their equal government is soon taken over by a power-hungry leader, a young boar named Napoleon. George Orwell’s fictional dictator Napoleon in the allegorical novel Animal Farm and the lavish life of the Roman Emperor Caligula both prove that power always causes corruption.

Before Napoleon had even chased snowball away the farm he was starting to become egocentric, Napoleon shows how truly selfish he is when Snowball was no longer apart of the farm napoleon had full control and started spending the money that the animal's had worked hard to get on whiskey. Napoleon committed acts much worse than that in a way he had sowed racism towards the other animal's by changing the seven commandments so that the pigs could be treated like royalty by the animals ''ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THEN OTHERS''(Orwell 1945, pg.97). Napoleon turned out to be a very selfish person who was cruel towards anything that was not a pig he was consumed by the power he obtained and lost his humility towards the other animals of the animal

In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, power is expressed through self-government of the animals. As soon as the humans are chased out of the farm, the animals start a civilization of their own. A few pigs named Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer create Animalism, which is the idea that animals are superior to humans, and that any human is considered an enemy. However, these pigs, especially Napoleon, begin to abuse the power that they have to use it for their own benefit. Ever since the humans left the farm, Napoleon takes advantage of everything he possibly can.

In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell one of the main characters Napoleon liks to get what he wants. Napoleon is a pig who represents Joseph Stalin, who was the dictator of Russia. He likes to lie to the other animals, and is only concerned with himself. Napoleon manipulates the other animals to get what he wants.In the contents of this book Napoleon shows himself to act in a very devilish, tricky, and dictatorial manner.

In the beginning of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, two farm hogs named Napoleon and Snowball sought to liberate their fellow animals from oppressive Farmer Jones and create a sovereign nation of, by, and for animals. Much like the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution, Animal Farm soon became a worse place than when Farmer Jones ran the farm. In Animal Farm, Animal Farm went from a communist state, ruled by its inhabitants, to dictatorship, as a metaphor for the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin’s increasingly totalitarian rule.

In the begging the Animals on Animal Farm had freedom and quality, but once the animals get rid of Mr. Jones the animals take over the farm the pigs start to take charge, Snowball and Napoleon try to show leadership to the rest of the animals. Napoleon didn’t want Snowball to be the new leader so, Napoleon got dogs on snowball and drove him off the farm. Napoleon is then furthered corrupted by power after he begins to drink the cow’s milk and keep it for himself only. Once the pigs see they can do whatever they want without being questioned the pigs gradually give themselves higher benefit than the other animals. Napoleon also uses his advantages like knowledge Napoleon starts manipulating the animals on the farm, Napoleon by changing the commandments for the pig’s advantage.

In George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, one of the pigs, Snowball was one unofficial leaders after the animals took over their farm in a great rebellion. Snowball is first portrayed as a philanthropic or patriotic leader, but as the book progresses Napoleon and Squealer degrade his reputation to make themselves look better and to have a reason for bad things or a common hate. When Snowball is driven out of the farm, Napoleon and Squealer get right to work to fog the other animal’s memory of the good things he did.

(120 Orwell). Yet, was secretly working for the former owner of Manor Farm, Mr. Jones. The impression that this thinker has made upon the other animals was he was a traitor due to betraying his ‘comrades’ The animals would be blind to the things that Snowball did base on how he was portrayed and show no interest working with the enemy. Snowball was one of the intelligent animals throughout the novel so had a better advantage then the others. Snowball was one of the pigs that helped create the rules within the seven commandments since he was